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  • July 2025

  • Thu 24
    NJCH Board Game Night flyer with event information

    NJCH Board Game Night

    Featured July 24, 2025 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
    Ocean County Library - Manchester Branch 21 Colonial Dr, Manchester Township, NJ, United States

    Join NJCH for Humanities Board Game Night! Get ready to play and discuss how history, linguistics, storytelling, and other humanities disciplines inform and influence our favorite board games. Light snacks and soft beverages will be provided.

    Free
  • September 2025

  • Sat 20
    The Moving Architects logo

    The Moving Architects Crane House & Historic YWCA Performance Project

    Featured September 20, 2025 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
    Montclair History Center 108 Orange Rd, Montclair, NJ, United States

    The Montclair History Center will host a performance by the Moving Architects as part of a project funded by an NJCH grant.

  • October 2025

  • Thu 23
    Prime Time Family Reading logo

    Virtual Information Session, Prime Time Family Reading 2026

    Featured October 23, 2025 @ 12:30 pm
    Virtual Event

    Join NJCH’s Director of Programs and past participants on October 23 to learn about the 2026 program offerings for Prime Time Family Reading, a national program serving kids and their families.

    Free
  • November 2025

  • Thu 6
    NJCH Community History Logo

    Community History 2026 Information Session

    Featured November 6, 2025 @ 12:30 pm
    Virtual Event

    Join us for a virtual information session about our Community History Program, in which participants receive instruction on public history practices and community-engagement methods and develop projects in close collaboration with their community members.

    Free
  • December 2025

  • Sat 6
    Veteran Interview Event Flyer

    Panel Discussion & Public Viewing of Veteran Interview Project

    Featured December 6, 2025 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
    Millville Army Air Field Museum 1 Leddon St, Millville, NJ, United States

    Join museum staff, project scholars, veterans, and local students for an inspiring afternoon exploring newly recorded World War II oral histories, now archived in the National Library of Congress. Special guest: 104-year-old WWII veteran Tim Kiniry.

  • Sat 13
    Black and White photo of participants in Ritual4Return

    Ritual4Return Men’s Rite of Passage

    Featured December 13, 2025 @ 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
    New Jersey Performing Arts Center 1 Center St, Newark, NJ, United States

    NJCH grantee Ritual4Return presents the Men's Rite of Passage performed by members of the Fall 2025 cohort. During the Rite of Passage, written and performed by the participants, audience members welcome the justice-impacted participants back to their identities as citizens and members of their communities.

  • Tue 23
    NJCH Community History Logo

    Community History 2026 Application Deadline (Extended)

    Featured December 23, 2025

    The application deadline for groups interested in participating in a 2026 cohort of NJCH's Community History program has been extended to December 23, 2025.

  • January 2026

  • Sat 31
    Futuro House Lecture Flyer

    Willingboro Futuro House Lecture & Exhibit Finale

    Featured January 31 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
    Willingboro Public Library 220 Willingboro Way, Willingboro, NJ, United States

    The Willingboro Public Library will host a concluding lecture to mark the finale of the exhibit on the township’s storied Futuro House on January 31, 2026. Join "Space Age" design expert Eric Wolff of Chromium, LLC to learn about the history of and materials used in the iconic "UFO-style" house.

  • February 2026

  • Wed 11
    Humanities Forward Graphic

    Humanities Forward: Envisioning the Future (South Jersey)

    Featured February 11 @ 10:30 am - 12:00 pm
    Lyceum Hall Center for the Arts 432 High Street, Burlington, United States

    The New Jersey Council for the Humanities hosts a series of gatherings for organizations, professionals, and supporters across the state to discuss the current state and envisioned future of the humanities in New Jersey in 2026.

    Free
  • Fri 27
    Humanities Forward Graphic

    Humanities Forward: Envisioning the Future (Virtual)

    Featured February 27 @ 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
    Virtual Event

    The New Jersey Council for the Humanities hosts a series of gatherings for organizations, professionals, and supporters across the state to discuss the current state and envisioned future of the humanities in New Jersey in 2026.

    Free
  • March 2026

  • Sat 14
    Bob Crawford with book

    Author Talk: The Avett Brothers’ Bob Crawford on “America’s Founding Son”

    Featured March 14 @ 4:00 pm
    Labyrinth Books 122 Nassau St, Princeton, NJ, United States

    Join the New Jersey Council for the Humanities for a special conversation between musician, historian, and author Bob Crawford and Sean Wilentz, the George Henry Davis 1886 Professor of American History at Princeton University, about Crawford's new book "America's Founding Son."

  • Wed 18
    Humanities Forward Graphic

    Humanities Forward: Envisioning the Future (North Jersey)

    Featured March 18 @ 10:30 am - 12:00 pm
    Morris County Historical Society 68 Morris Ave, Morristown, NJ, United States

    The New Jersey Council for the Humanities hosts a series of gatherings for organizations, professionals, and supporters across the state to discuss the current state and envisioned future of the humanities in New Jersey in 2026.

    Free
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